GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |